Little You / kiya kâ-apisîsisiyan

by Richard Van Camp, illustrated by Julie Flett, translated by Mary Cardinal Collins, edited by Cree Literacy Network

tagged: new baby, nursery rhymes, poetry (see also stories in verse)

Description

★ "Van Camp composes a lyrical ode to a newborn child, which is matched in its loveliness by Flett's exquisite, collage-like images of a young one with his or her parents.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review

Richard Van Camp, internationally renowned storyteller and bestselling author of Welcome Song for Baby and We Sang You Home, has partnered with award-winning illustrator Julie Flett to create a tender book that honors the child in everyone. With its delightful contemporary illustrations, Little You is perfect to be shared, read or sung to all the little people in your life—and the new little ones on the way!

Orca Book Publishers is proud to offer this book as a dual-language (English and Plains Cree) edition.

About the Authors

Richard Van Camp is a proud Tlicho Dene from Fort Smith, Northwest Territories and is the author of over twenty books, including the Eisner-nominated graphic novel, A Blanket of Butterflies. His bestselling novel The Lesser Blessed has been made into a movie that has also received critical acclaim. He lives in Edmonton, Alberta. You can visit Richard on Facebook, Twitter and at www.richardvancamp.com.

Julie Flett is a Swampy Cree and Red River Métis artist and author. She studied fine arts at Concordia University in Montreal and Emily Carr University of Art + Design in Vancouver, British Columbia. She won the Governor General’s Award for Children’s Literature for her work on When We Were Alone by David Robertson, and her book Birdsong won the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award and was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award. She is the three-time recipient of the Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Award for Owls See Clearly at Night: A Michif Alphabet, Dolphin SOS and My Heart Fills With Happiness.

Mary Cardinal Collins is a semi-retired teacher, fluent Cree speaker and translator.

The Cree Literacy Network was created in 2010 to promote Cree language and cultural literacy, in oral form and through literacy materials. Through the essential tool of standard spelling, the Cree Literacy Network supports the fundamental right of Cree speakers to understand and be understood.

Age:: 3 to 5
Grade:: p to k
Reading age:: 3 to 5

Awards

Commended, CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens
Winner, Best Picture Book at the American Youth Literature Awards
Commended, Reading Lights selection
Commended, Today's Parent's Best Canadian Kids Books list selection
Winner, R. Ross Annett Award
Commended, CCBC Choices selection
Short-listed, CLA Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award
Short-listed, Alcuin Design Award
Winner, BC Books for Babies
Commended, Resource Links "The Year's Best"
Commended, Read to Me!'s 50 Best Books for Babies list
Commended, OLA Best Bets
Commended, CCBC Best Books

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